The following guest post has been adapted from an original post from Dr. David Field’s blog on 10 February 2008. David lives and lectures in London and will be returning to speak at this year’s Trinity Fest (on Great Cities of the Bible). To view the rest of the post and visit his blog, click here. To download the talks, click here.

The Blenheim Manifesto
We had a splendid afternoon at Blenheim Palace yesterday, hearing three
lectures from Doug Wilson on

• The Gospel and Your Church
• The Gospel and Your Family
• The Gospel and Your Government

The talks will be available from Canon Press as The Blenheim Lectures before long but, as in the title of this post, they could easily be regarded, together, as a “Blenheim Manifesto”—a three-talk description of and agenda for the display and implementation of the total rule of the Lord Jesus Christ in all of life. Get hold of these and listen carefully to them all the way through—the argument of the talks (individually and as a series) is compelling and exhilarating. Here are a few snippets to give a taste:

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Weakness Is the New Strength

The apostle Paul was a polarizing figure. You either really loved him, or you really didn’t. Not only was this the case in his day, it remains the case down to the present. “Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ . . .” (2 Cor. 11:1-33).

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